Saint Anthony Catholic

Saint Anthony Catholic

21800 Bertram Road New Almaden, CA 95042 20101 McKean Road San Jose, CA 95120 Meetings This Week: December 1 & 2 2018 First Sunday of Advent 4:00 p.m. Lia Song (SI) 8:30 a.m. Sam Marino (RIP) 10:30 a.m. Randy Smedley (RIP) 5:30 p.m. Lia Song (SI) December 5 8:15 a.m. Lia Song (SI) December 6 8:15 a.m. Lia Song (SI) December 7 8:15 a.m. Lia Song (SI) December 8 & 9 2018 Second Sunday of Advent 4:00 p.m. Jason & Shanon Soong (SI) 8:30 a.m. Michael DiVincent (RIP) & Dennis Broderick (RIP) 10:30 a.m. Jason & Shanon Soong (SI) 5:30 p.m. Hanna Montgomery (RIP) Anthony Cacao John David, Rudolpho Dizon, James McCaughey, Kay Banchero, Tom Finnerty, Mary Lou Harvey, Tommy Holmes, Lita Kamantigue, Shirley Vieira To add a name to the Prayer List, please contact the Parish Office churchstanthony@dsj.org ANOINTING & CARE OF THE SICK If you or someone you know is preparing for surgery, received a recent serious medical diagnosis, or is experiencing the burden of years, please call the Parish Office for Anointing of the Sick. Communion can be brought to anyone who is ill or homebound through our Pastoral Care Ministers. Monday, December 3, 2018: 6:30 p.m. SA.L.T. Meeting Tuesday, December 4, 2018: 9:30 a.m. Scripture Study Group 4:45 p.m. C.R.E.A.T.E. (K - Grade 5) 7:00 p.m. Fearless Band Practice 7:00 p.m. 8:30 am Choir Practice 7:00 p.m. NOVA (Middle School Youth) Wednesday, December 5 2018: 8:15 a.m. Morning Mass 7:00 p.m. Scripture Study Group Thursday, December 6, 2018: 8:15 a.m. Morning Mass 7:00 p.m. BUNCO 7:00 p.m. First Communion Parent Meeting Friday, December 7, 2018: 8:15 a.m. Morning Mass Saturday, December 8, 2018: 8:30 a.m. Holy Day Mass (Bertram Church) Married Couples: Want to give each other something really special this Christmas? How about a gift filled with Romance and Excitement? That's just the beginning of what you will receive on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Marriage Encounter Weekends include: Feb 15-17, 2019 in San Jose, CA and May 17-19, 2019 in San Jose, CA. For more information and/or to register for a Weekend, visit our website: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413. Choir Practice NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Sunday 9:30 a.m. Children s Choir Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Mass Sundays 7:30 a.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass

From the Pastor s Desk hanksgiving is past and today we enter into the season of Advent, a marked departure from what T we experience in stores and shopping malls. Yes, there is a spirit of anticipation and preparation, but for what? In the stores and advertisements, we are invited to buy what we think other people need, or we try to respond to the wish lists family members generate. In one respect it is a great season because people demonstrate qualities of selflessness providing food for the hungry, gifts for children, and countless volunteer hours at shelters and community service centers. In that way, we are anticipating preparing for one who is to come anew into our midst. orning Prayer, on Monday the first week of Advent prays Lord, our God help us to prepare for the coming of your M Son. May he find us waiting, eager in joyful prayer. That phrase eager in joyful prayer is a marvelous anthem, a precious thought and direction for us entering into this season. dvent emerged not so much in Rome or Jerusalem, but out of Spain and especially in Gaul in the late 400 s A.D. A Bishop Perpetuus of Tours called for three days of fasting per week during the period from the feast of St. Martin to Christmas. Advent had a penitential quality in preparation for the feast of Epiphany because it was a day intended for the celebration of the sacrament of Baptism, a true penitential and new life experience. Later in the 5 th century the preparation for Christ s birth began to develop. n truth Advent celebrates Christ s first coming, the birth in Bethlehem, his ongoing coming in our hearts through grace, I and his glorious return at the end of time. As the editor of Sourcebook relates, Advent celebrates the incarnation and the parousia in Greek, translated adventus in Latin, and coming or waiting in English with sense of the past, present and future all intertwined, a sense of the already and not yet. e can also pause to reflect on the wood used for the manger connected to the wood used for the cross, one a W resting place for a babe and the other an instrument of death and triumph. Advent recognizes that in-between time, the time of the Lord s coming and the time of his final coming. o, together we can spend this time productively offering hospitality, getting ready for the feast of Christmas and the S Christmas season, getting ready for Christ to be born anew in our lives and hearts, thankful that he redeemed and saved us and calls us now to greater service to our brothers and sisters. et us enter into this season of hope and longing with open hearts so that He may find us eager in joyful prayer. L Advent Blessings, Father Larry We would like to take this opportunity to welcome all Parishioners who signed up on Ministry Sunday to become members of either the Saint Anthony Social Committee or the Saint Anthony Events Committee. At this time we have decided to join the two committees...it will now be known as the Saint Anthony Social Events Committee. The committee will have 3 Co-Chairman: Dede Adams, Ken Wadors and Vince Macaluso. Many of you are already members of both committees and we welcome those of you who are newly signed up members. Just think how much easier it will be for all of us to have a much larger group to help with our events in 2019. In just 10 weeks we will have our first event of 2019... The Pasta Dinner is on Friday, February 1st. We will have just one planning meeting in December scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 11th @ 7:00 PM. At this meeting we will discuss the promotion timetable, the dates to start selling tickets, review the Menu, and discuss any suggestions anyone might have to make this a fun, successful event for our Parish Community. Thank You for being a member of our committee and here's looking forward to a very successful and fun filled year of Saint Anthony Events. Your Committee Chairs, Dede, Ken and Vince

Middle School Ministry: 7th - 8th grade youth High School Ministry: 9th - 12th grade youth Join us THIS WEEK Tuesday December 4 th 7:15pm 8:15pm for our annual Christmas Party!! We ll have some food and play some games and exchange some gifts! Registration for Youth Ministry AND Confirmation 2018-2019 has started! Registration forms can be found in the vestibule or you may also register online note that Confirmation registration is with the Youth Ministry/Religious Education form. Any questions regarding registration? Feel free to email Ana Fuentes afuentes@dsj.org or call (408) 997-4812. Join us tonight for our LAST night in the Belong Series! The night is titled Needed we ll talk about our roles in the Catholic community and how we re each wanted and needed. Make sure to join us NEXT WEEK for our Christmas partyyyy!! We will do our annual White Elephant gift exchange and it ll be a hoot and a holler and a half! ***Our Remind messages are the most constant form of communication for OASIS & NOVA; sign up by texting @nova-ym or @oasis-ym to 81010 for more info regarding Youth Ministry events! Find us on Instagram @st.anthony_ym!! We re posting photos/videos all the time! Calling All Christmas Elves! Help with changing the church environment to Christmas. Need Elves on December 1st at 9 am, December 16th after 10:30 am Mass. All hands needed to help bring tree boxes and Nativity figurines from shed. December 22nd at 9 am and January 13th after 5:30 pm Mass or Monday evening. Turkey Drive Update The Outreach Committee and Sacred Heart Community Service would like to thank the St. Anthony Community for your generous donations to the Turkey Drive. We collected and delivered 68 turkeys, 15 bags of groceries, 19 coats, 5 blankets and $920.00 to Sacred Heart. Bless you and thank you again for your support. 8:30 a.m. Holy Day Mass (Bertram Church) Advent Blood Drive The Pastoral Care Ministry of St. Anthony Parish will be hosting their annual Advent blood drive on Saturday, December 8, 2018. The Stanford Blood Center will be in the big church parking lot from 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. So go online (Sbcdonor.org) and schedule your donation today. For more information or to have us schedule an appointment contact Corinne Jarrett at grammycmj@gmail.com or 408-892-3152. Stewardship ~ YTD Stewardship ~ (includes Online Giving) Sunday Generosity ADA Goal met ~ $ 74,830 Our Rebate ~ $ 15,473 ADA Outstanding Balance ~ $ 12,075 To be updated in next Bulletin To be updated in next Bulletin Please continue to make your monthly payments to the Diocese for your ADA pledge

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PARISH OFFICE HOURS Mon 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tues/Wed/Thurs. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. or by Appointment MASS SCHEDULE Saturday - 4:00 p.m. Bertram Road Sunday - 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., & 5:30 p.m. McKean Road BULLETIN EDITOR To submit announcements to the Bulletin Editor please email churchstanthony@dsj.org 20101 McKean Road, San Jose CA 95120 Phone [408] 997-4800 Fax [408] 997-4801 Email churchstanthony@dsj.org Website www.churchstanthony.com Historic Church ~ 21800 Bertram Rd, New Almaden 95042 Christmas Eve Monday, December 24, 2018 4:00 p.m. Family Mass (McKean) 6:00 p.m. Mass (Bertram) 11:00 p.m. Mass (McKean) Christmas Day Tuesday, December 25, 2018 9:30 a.m. Mass (McKean) 2018/ 2019 PASTORAL COUNCIL Ramiro Bejinez, Vicki DeMaio, Jennifer Griffith, Pauline Golitz, George Houston, Sheryl Hydorn, Sandy Lorion, Mike Maniglia, Joanne McMillen, Mike Quint, Oscar Ruiz & Tom Victorine (Council Chair) FINANCE COMMITTEE Ron LaValley (Committee Chair), Maria McMurray, Bob Taccini, Matt Tanzi, Lily Marinsik, Ken McMaster, Bill Zillman RECONCILIATION Anytime by Appointment Pastor Rev. Lawrence M Hendel (408) 997-4814 stanthonypastor@dsj.org Office Manager Jasmine Anthony (408) 997-4800 churchstanthony@dsj.org Youth Ministry Ana Fuentes (408) 997-4812 afuentes@dsj.org Bookkeeper Theresa Bui finance222@dsj.org RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Annually at the Easter Vigil. Adults or children aged seven or older please call or email the Parish Office BAPTISM OF INFANTS New or expectant parents should contact the Parish Office to schedule an appointment with the pastor. Infant Baptism is celebrated in Mass. Baptism preparation session is required CONFIRMATION FOR TEENS Celebrated 2019 in the Easter Season. Candidates for this Sacrament should call the Parish Office MARRIAGE Couples should contact the parish upon their Engagement and usually 6 months prior to the desired date of the Wedding Ceremony